roy Hatfield is possibly the son of Joseph and Nancy Garis Hatfield of Mahaska County Iowa. Joseph was the son of Owen D and Telinda Jackson Hatfield. Joseph had four sons and one daughter. Clarence, Elmer, Roy, Guy and Anna born between 1870 1887. Nancy died in 1887 of child bed fever. Elmer died in 1898 and is buried at Olivet Cem in Mahaska Co Iowa near Nancy and baby Anna. Joseph Newton Hatfield and sons Roy and Guy moved to MO. Have traced this line back to Virginia in 1622.